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Tuesday, May 26, 2026 -- Morning Brief by Amika

SF Events

FIFA World Cup arrives June 13. SF Pride closes the month. Stern Grove, North Beach Festival, and a stacked Fillmore calendar fill the gaps.

Giants vs D-backs Tonight

6:45 PM at Oracle Park

Giants host Arizona tonight. They lost 6-2 yesterday -- Roupp took the L. Good weeknight decompression if you need it before tomorrow's MRVL earnings move.

May 26, 6:45 PM

SoMA Nights Block Party -- Your Neighborhood

Thursday May 28, 5-9 PM on Folsom St (6th-12th)

Monthly street party literally on your block. Local food, art, live music. Free. Fourth Thursday through September.

Free, Monthly

FIFA World Cup at Levi's Stadium

5 matches: June 10, 13, 16, 22, 25 + Round of 32 on July 1

Qatar vs Switzerland, Austria vs Jordan, Turkey vs Paraguay, and more. Fan Zones at Thrive City, Pier 39, China Basin Park. Once-in-a-generation Bay Area event.

Stern Grove Free Concerts

Peter Cat Recording Co (Jun 14), Bomba Estereo (Jun 21), Japanese Breakfast (Jun 28)

The best free live music in SF. Japanese Breakfast on June 28 will be the most packed -- arrive early or regret it.

North Beach Festival (72nd Year)

June 20-21 -- 9 blocks, 150+ vendors, Italian street art

One of the nation's longest-running street festivals. Grant Avenue, Washington Square Park, beer gardens, music, and the Blessing of the Animals.

Investments

Markets reopen today. Semis on a historic 32-year winning streak. Your $300K META-to-semi rotation execution window is here.

Execution Window Opens Today

First trading day after Memorial Day -- your rotation plan has been waiting since May 21

NVDA at $215.33 (entry zone). ASML at new ATH $1,633. TSM at $404.52. AVGO at $414.14. MRVL reports Wednesday -- creates event risk so consider scaling in. The plan: NVDA 30%, TSM 25%, ASML 20%, AMAT 10%, AVGO 10%, Cash 5%.

$300K rotation, first window today

Semis: 17-Day Winning Streak (Longest Since 1994)

~40% surge, ASML up 52.6% YTD

Historic run. ASML, AMAT, and Lam Research all up 25%+ YTD. Historical data suggests momentum continues after streaks this long, but positioning is stretched. The 30-year Treasury at 5.19% (highest since 2007) is the headwind to watch.

Iran Deal Whipsaw

Oil tumbled 7% on deal hopes, spiked on Khamenei uranium directive

Proposed 60-day ceasefire with Strait of Hormuz reopening crashed oil. Then Khamenei ordered enriched uranium stays in-country. Net: lower oil is a tech tailwind, but the deal isn't done. Brent whipsawed $99-$107.

Manchester United

Carrick's permanent, Ederson's virtually done, and Bruno broke the all-time assists record.

Ederson Deal Virtually Done

EUR 48M + 5M add-ons from Atalanta, 5-year contract

Carrick's first signing is a 26-year-old box-to-box midfielder who fills the Casemiro-shaped hole perfectly. Even Atalanta's manager confirmed the talks. Window opens June 15 -- more to come.

Bruno's 21 Assists: All-Time PL Record

Surpassed Henry (02-03) and De Bruyne (19-20)

Also won FWA Player of the Year, PL Player of the Season, and Sir Matt Busby award. United finished 3rd with 68 points, 14 behind champions Arsenal (82). UCL secured.

Startups

AI captured 81% of $300B in Q1 VC. Hark ($700M), Decart ($300M), Anthropic ($30B+), and SpaceX S-1 lead the week.

Hark: $700M Series A at $6B Valuation

NVIDIA, AMD, ARK, Intel, Qualcomm, Salesforce all invested

New AI lab building "universal interface between humans and machines" -- pairing foundation models with hardware. The investor list is a who's who of physical AI.

Cerebras IPO: Wild Ride

Priced $185, opened $350, peaked $386, now ~$257

Fast-tracked into S&P 500. Wafer-scale inference story is compelling but the market hasn't figured out what it's worth. CBRS on NASDAQ.

SpaceX S-1 Filed

NASDAQ IPO as SPCX, potentially June 12, ~$1.75T valuation

If the $70-90B raise happens, this will be the largest IPO in history by a staggering margin. Starship + Starlink = generationally significant.

Robotics

Figure AI's 200-hour warehouse run is the headline. Open-source humanoids arrive at $2,500.

Figure 03: 200 Hours, 250K Packages, Zero Failures

Livestreamed warehouse test that was supposed to last 8 hours

The most convincing humanoid demonstration to date. Not a 30-second clip -- 200 hours of actual package sorting with zero mechanical failures. CEO Brett Adcock said beforehand there was a "high chance something would break."

Hugging Face Drops $2,500 Open-Source Humanoid

LeRobot: 3D-printed, full-stack, ships with simulator + training zoo

The Linux moment for humanoids. Same week Figure is valued at $39B. The cost gap between open and proprietary is closing fast.

Music

Bleachers and Maisie Peters dropped strong albums. Taylor still owns the Hot 100. SF June calendar is loaded.

The Fillmore June Lineup

Toadies (Jun 12), Lemon Twigs (Jun 17), Alex Isley (Jun 18), Rhiannon Giddens (Jun 25)

Alex Isley is the sleeper pick -- her voice is otherworldly. Pomplamoose (Jun 26) and Holly Humberstone (Jun 28) round out a stacked month.

Human League + Soft Cell + Alison Moyet

June 5 at The Warfield -- 80s synth-pop triple bill

"Don't You Want Me," "Tainted Love," and "Only You" in one night. Book before it sells out.